Even less surprising is that DC Talk is being courted by a number of major pop labels (the group now records for a small, Nashville-based Christian label, ForeFront). Early on, DC Talk was known primarily as a Christian rap act, but, says McKeehan, "we're a vocal group. A two-song demo tape sold 1, 000 copies and caught the attention of ForeFront, which released the "DC Talk" and "Nu Thang" albums before "Free at Last. " Our biggest ministry is to our band and our family on the road. If you take our message away, you take our cause away and there's no reason for us to exist. Not the kind of lyrics you hear on pop radio, of course, though DC Talk has triumphed over several well-known hip-hop favorites pitted against them in several radio stations' "slam it or jam it" competitions. Our God is an awesome God [x2]. The DC in DC Talk, incidentally, doesn't stand for the District of Columbia, but for Decent Christian. When the sky was starless in the void of the night, (Our God is an awesome God), He spoke into the darkness and created the light, Judgment and wrath He poured out on Sodom, Mercy and grace, He gave us at the cross; Hope that you have not too quickly forgotten that. L. M. R. S. - Say The Words.
Jerry Falwell's Liberty University in Lynchburg that he teamed up with Michael Tait, from Northeast Washington, and Kevin Smith, from Grand Rapids, Mich. On a campus where rock music and dancing were banned, hip-hop was not exactly welcomed either. "There was resistance at first, " McKeehan admits. In its recordings, he says, DC Talk "deals with issues that the whole world deals with. DC Talk song lyrics. Growing up, he was a great fan of the band New Edition, something that's clear from listening to "Free at Last" -- "I saw them four times in one summer in the D. C. area, " he recalls. It was when McKeehan went to the Rev. Business Partnership. At first they were taken back, but as we ventured out and shared the lyrical content at the heart of what we were trying to do, they were more open, and finally completely open, to the point we performed the song in chapel service. T. - Take It To The Lord. "Before a missionary goes to Ecuador, he learns the language and the culture of the people and takes the Gospel to them according to the way that they live. In an era when pop songs are often criticized for negative lyrics, it's ironic that DC Talk's positive messages make some labels nervous. "Our focus has become more introspective. If you're going to stand up for free speech, you're going to have to take the good with the bad.
You don't struggle with these things because you're a believer in God or not -- the whole world deals with what to do about sexually transmitted diseases, with what's going on with social decadence and the decline in America's morality, with racism, with abortion. We never want to come across 'holier than, ' because we're not. That means a two-hour show featuring a four-piece band, three dancers, a light show, fog machines, a good sound system and even an acoustic set that includes U2's "40, " based on the 40th Psalm. With wisdom, power, and love; Our God is an awesome God. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable. "I think people at first would hear the grooves we were creating in the dorm room and not really understand. We're three guys that stumble and fall every day. If we try to force it on them, no one's going to listen.
Our God is an awesome God, He reigns from heaven above. The Lord wasn't joking when He kicked them out of Eden, It wasn't for no reason that He shed His blood, And his return is very close so you better be believing. "We do want to move on and we're looking forward to having a deal that will promote us more intensely on a national and international level, " says Toby McKeehan, the 29-year-old Annandale native who fronts the group and is its principal -- and principled -- lyricist. And lightning in His fists. "All we're trying to do is shed a little bit of light on these issues, " McKeehan adds. DC Talk - Awesome God Lyrics. Two Honks And A Negro. When He rolls up His sleeves, He ain't just putting on the ritz, (Our God is an awesome God).
The King (Allelujah). It's The End Of The World As We Know It. According to McKeehan, a couple of labels "have asked us if we could change this or that, ever so slightly.... We're not willing to do that. Sometimes we scream, sing lead, do harmonies or rap -- we try to throw the vocal style that best fits the passion of the lyric.... As we mature, our music's maturing with us.